Film and TV prequels play on our curiosity about the past of beloved characters – but at what cost?

From ‘Joker’ to ‘Game of Thrones’, origin stories are increasingly common – perhaps at the expense of originality.

Siobhan Lyons, The Conversation

· Jun 01, 2019 · 02:30 pm

As movies go deeper into outer space, it’s time to ask whether we are explorers or colonisers

Interplanetary colonisation, once the stuff only of science fiction, has taken over the cinema.

Siobhan Lyons, The Conversation

· Mar 18, 2017 · 05:00 pm

Cover girl: the difficulty of illustrating Lolita persists, 60 years on

The discrepancy between cover designs for Lolita – published 60 years ago – and the themes of the novel are stark. But that hasn't stopped hundreds of designers trying to get it right.

Siobhan Lyons, The Conversation

· Jul 13, 2015 · 07:30 pm

Typewriters, not touchscreens…security the old-fashioned way

No longer a hipster thing, even governments are embracing typewriters.

Siobhan Lyons, The Conversation

· Nov 17, 2014 · 03:30 am